"This Blue Hour," Lyrics by Hans Ostrom

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=745cHoJPDk8&list=RD745cHoJPDk8&start_radio=1 

"The Blue Mermaid," Lyrics by Hans Ostrom

Electronic ballad-folk story song, inspired by American painter's Howard Pyle's painting "The Mermaid" (1910).

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXggEgvmqEQ 

"Yes, You're a Hero," by Hans Ostrom, Lyrics

 folk rock

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCUz53xwZ1o

"The Grass Valley Waltz," by Hans Ostrom, Lyrics

 country-bluegrass waltz

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSdQFUwPK5k

"The Force of Nature, You," Lyrics by Hans Ostrom

 rock song

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAPPouJzDIc&list=RDuAPPouJzDIc&start_radio=1

"Once, Forever, and For All," by Hans Ostrom, Lyrics

 anti-bigotry country ballad

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wd8pDg84JAA

"From Time to Time," by Hans Ostrom, Lyrics

 shamelessly sweet electro-pop song, Paris invoked

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TU7-Q5Pfl6E

"Even Bartenders Get The Blues," Hans Ostrom, Lyrics

 country ballad/female vocalist

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdk6FV2-vCs

"Love in the Evening," by Hans Ostrom, Lyrics

 80s flavor rock power ballad

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCUOr0Oi3CU

"Love and Sleep," by Algernon Charles Swingburne

 a rather famous amorous poem by Swinburne (1837-1909)

set to easy-beat electronic music/vocals

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ve2lSnKyJRk

"Kindness Is In Short Supply," Lyrics by Hans Ostrom

 country ballad

basic kindness

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCpHU8VxlI8

"Funky April," Lyrics by Hans Ostrom

 joyful funk

Spring soon!

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSZr4iT5wg4

"This Is Your Time (To Be Beautiful)," Lyrics by Hans Ostrom

 folk-pop 

upbeat

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgBDrYK1NjM

"Common Ground," Lyrics by Hans Ostrom

 country ballad 

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPAmETqCF0A

"She May Have Found One," Lyrics by Hans Ostrom

 Indie Country, Female vocalist

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWvjOLWy5LY

"I'm Nobody--Who Are You?" by Emily Dickinson, set to music

 set, for fun, to electronic pop

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zbv2Z7dHuZs

"Sea-Fever," by John Masefield set to music

 folk-song setting for Masefield's famous sailing poem

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wlu8JQBUWSk

"For Your Own Sake," Lyrics by Hans Ostrom

 country ballad

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlivwboHfig

"A Capitalist at Dinner," by Claude McKay

 Satirical poem by Jamaican-American poety Claude McKay (1890-1948) first published in The Liberatore in 1919. Set to electronic music. McKay was part of the Harlem Renaissance.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrQ_wS1xNd4

"Blues in March," Lyrics by Hans Ostrom

 Fast electric blues

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slMgI7XxUVE

"Your Light Will Split the Gray," Lyrics by Hans Ostrom

 pleasant electronic chill w/ r&b/doo-wap feel

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvJJUHyOQ7Q

"My Foolish Pride," by Roger Illsley

 Lyrics by Roger Illsley. Music by Roger Illsley and Hans Ostrom. Roger: guitar  Hans: piano

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5d5H5WQQLm4

"The House on the Hill," Edwin Arlington Robinson, set to music

 set to folk-rock song

poem in villanelle form

Robinson: 1869-1935

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnA4r7Q0y4Y

California Gold Rush, California Bluegrass," Lyrics by Hans Ostrom

 progressive bluegrass tune

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kkw-9JjR1rA

Warren Haynes, Mavis Staples, Hozier, and Elvis Costello Singing "The Weight"

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5UvFL_v3lM

"Raise the Blinds," Lyrics by Hans Ostrom

 Dance--electronic progressive house 130 bpm

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZmQGcPjMVw

"It's Good to Be Alive Today With You," Lyrics by Hans Ostrom

 power-rock ballad

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgcO7vWE9w8

"Santa Rosa," Lyrics by Hans Ostrom

 power rock ballad

Santa Rosa, California

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvjmQK4jo8g

"Hold On, Keep Going," Lyrics by Hans Ostrom

 tough, tough times: but hold on, keeping going

power-rock-ballad    

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtpPmcqCTHU

"Alive Today With Yout," by Roger Illsley

 lyrics by hans ostrom    folk song

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv6djgQLPEU

"A Pleasure to Remember," lyrics by Hans Ostrom

 set to funky soul-jazz/R&B

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaAogXHKe3I

"Make Sure They Get You," lyrics by Hans Ostrom

 Set to afro-house electronic music

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHfqZxM3r9o

Set to Music and sung: "The Women Washing Their Hair," buy Carl Sandburg (1922)

 

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqbgiUXBNFI